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I just learned that this symbol in religious art refers to our union with Christ. Also. The incarnation. Both. Because… 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️ Pinterest is gifting me floods of ancient mosaic art this week. 😂

¨BIZANTINO¨ El arte bizantino constituye uno de los episodios más grandiosos del…

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Zoe Karbonopsina (Gk. "with the coal-black eyes") (born in Constantinople in c. 870 - c. 920) - Eastern Roman empress consort and regent (906 - 912). She was the fourth wife of the Leo VI the Wise and the mother of Constantine VII.

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Byzantine ceiling mosaic representing the night sky, 5th century CE. Galla Placidia Mausoleum, Ravenna, Italy. The building was formerly the oratory of the Church of the Holy Cross and now contains three sarcophagi. The largest sarcophagus was thought to contain the remains of Galla Placidia (died c. 450 CE), the daughter of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I (r. 379-395 CE).

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Jesus Banishes the Merchants Out of the Temple, Byzantine Mosaic in the Cathedral of Monreale, Palermo, Sicily, 12th Century

Ravenna, Italy’s breathtaking Byzantine mosaics and UNESCO sites

The Last of the Wine